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Post by delon on Mar 2, 2018 19:03:20 GMT
Based on a short story by Aleksander Pushkin, The Queen of Spades is an expectionally made gothic horror with a stunning cinematography and a riveting performance by Anton Walbrook. One of my personal favourites from the 1940s ! Is anyone acquainted with this rather obsure gem ?  Anton Walbrook plays Captain Herman Suvorin, Russian army officer and a fanatic gambler desperate to know the secret of an elderly countess, who has sold her soul to the underworld to win at cards. www.imdb.com/title/tt0041776/ |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 2, 2018 19:44:40 GMT
I saw it for the first time a couple of years back. I was pleasantly surprised by how stylised it was, I believe, owing to director Thorold Dickinson having an interesting background that allowed him to absorb different techniques being pioneered in different parts of Europe. He also had innovative cinematographer Otto Heller manning the camera. Great movie.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 2, 2018 19:45:20 GMT
I've heard it's a creapy movie
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Post by petrolino on Mar 2, 2018 19:46:03 GMT
I've heard it's a creapy movie You heard right.  |
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Post by london777 on Mar 2, 2018 22:36:33 GMT
Based on a short story by Aleksander Pushkin, The Queen of Spades is an expectionally made gothic horror with a stunning cinematography and a riveting performance by Anton Walbrook. One of my personal favourites from the 1940s ! Is anyone acquainted with this rather obscure gem ? Always in my Top 100 list. I would not call it obscure. It is often referred to by critics and historians, partly because Dickinson retired early from film directing and held a number of influential academic posts, so he had a lot of influence on how the history of cinema was viewed. |
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